How not to bake banana bread...

Not once in my life has anyone confused me with Betty Crocker... or Heidi Klum for that matter.

Today I decided it was time to clean out the freezer because gosh, darn it, almost every time I open that thing a frozen banana falls out and lands on my toe.  I don't know what is worse?  Child birth or frozen banana toes! 
Ok... so labor pains hurt a lot more...

Anyway, I started cleaning out the freezer and can you guess how many black, frozen bananas I found in there?!
SEVENTEEN!



So I rounded up the girls and trudged us to the store to buy a dozen eggs, 12 cups of flour, 6 cups of sugar, 6 sticks of butter, 6 cups of milk and a bag of coconut M&Ms because they taste really good. :)

Yes folks, these are all the ingredients necessary to make 12 loaves of banana bread.
What was I thinking?
Especially when I only own 2 loaf pans.
Yep, right here... big dummy.

Here is my sous chef feeding herself Cheerios with a spoon.
Such talent!  Such cuteness!!

Anyway, do you know what makes me an even bigger dummy?
I actually thought I could make the batter for all 12 loaves in one bowl.


My mixer couldn't reach the bottom of the bowl and each time I tried to stir by hand the batter sloshed over the side.

Thank goodness I have a sense of humor because I laughed at myself through the entire process.

And what made me laugh at myself even harder?
I gave up trying to make 12 loaves of banana bread using only 2 loaf pans and instead opted for 9x13 pans.

A culinary experience to remember for sure.

Comments

Great Gramma Smith said…
Banana bread cake is good too.
January 13, 2011 at 7:51 PM
Life of the Lorenzens said…
I'm glad you laughed your way through this because I was laughing so hard I was literally crying! How hilarious. I've come up with 5 freezer bananas at once before, and actually just ended up tossing the last 3 I found. Does this mean we'll be enjoying some banana bread/cake at MMO? :o)
January 13, 2011 at 9:26 PM
Life of the Lorenzens said…
P.S. The last time I was at Wal-mart I actually looked for a big bag of Coconut M&M's, but I guess they're so new they're still only in the small bags.
January 13, 2011 at 9:27 PM
Julie Ulven said…
TOO FUNNY! I have 5 bananas in the refrigerator and they will probably go to the compost pile. More potassium for my yard. Mieke has reminded me very time I open the frig, "MOM! Bananas do NOT go in the refrigerator!"
January 14, 2011 at 7:40 AM
Heather's Henhouse said…
17 banana's! That is CRAZY! Sounds like fun.. glad you could laugh through it all.
January 18, 2011 at 10:17 AM
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